{Play Idea} 17 Unique Materials for Building & Creating

Summer has hit full stride and all the free time off school has lost its allure. We’ve been swimming, hiking, adventuring and more! So, now it’s time to explore new activities that will satisfy the kids’ natural curiosity and endless amounts of energy.

We’ve picked our top 17 building activities, using everything from newspaper to marshmallows. Most of these items you’ll have at home, so pick an activity from the list this afternoon when boredom hits your house.

Completely Open-Ended Building Ideas…

Last summer, we featured Silly Straws Two Ways on the blog. If you have straws at home, you have options.

We also featured the idea of Building with Marshmallows and Gummies and showed us that this activity not only helps with building skills, but also puts a big emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math.)

For the building enthusiast, create a PVC Pipe Building Kit like A Mom with a Lesson Plan. A trip to Home Depot and a few dollars later, you’ll set your little ones up for hours of creating and building.

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